Simple Steve woke us up this morning when his alarm went of at about 7.30am. We thought we were going to get a bit of a lay-in - but the plonker had put his name down to use the internet at 8am and needed to get downstairs. With no chance of getting back to sleep, me and Nikki had showers and then went down for some breakfast. After we'd had our goes on the internet (at the more respectable times of 9.30 and 10am), we hung around before checking out... there were free pancakes at 11am!
We left our hostel and walked down to the tram stop, which was one block along, before catching the tram out to St. Kilda. When we'd woke up this morning, it was absolutely hammering down - but now there wasn't a cloud in the sky, and I was seriously regretting wearing my combat trousers. We got off the tram at the beach and went looking for our hostel.
Olembia House, where we're staying for the next three nights, is very cool! It's a big old house, that has been really nicely decorated with loads of individual rooms - all really clean. Me and Nikki have got a double room to ourselves and Steve is in a dorm with loads of other people. Once we'd changed into our shorts and t-shirts, we were ready to hit the streets...
We walked down to the sea front and there was a Sunday market, which we looked around. When we'd got to the end we jumped on the tram and rode back into the CBD, where we went to the library to use the free internet. I updated some of the blog and also booked a car for Wednesday (so that we can drive along the Great Ocean Road) then, when Nikki had got back from doing some shopping, we went outside.
This evening we had a bite to eat and then went for another look around St. Kilda. We walked down the main strip of bars and restaurants, which was definitely the place to be. It was incredible - with loads of different music playing, and loads of nice smells coming from the various restaurants... shame we couldn't afford to go in! Afterwards, we sat on the beach and rang my Mum and Keith whilst watching the sun set.
After our Tasmanian 'holiday', Melbourne is definitely a nice place to be!
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